Berberis Vulgaris

Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Berberis Vulgaris in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….

Generalities

It acts upon urinary organs, when there is tendency to the formation of calculi and lithaemia. It affects the liver markedly-promotes the flow of bile, therefore it is a useful remedy for fleshy persons with good livers, but with little endurance. Often useful in arthritic and hepatic affections with urinary, haemorrhoidal, or menstrual complaints. Venous stasis occurs in pelvic region, causing haemorrhoids. Patient is mentally and physically tired-not inclined to do anything. Prematurely old and worn out men and women. Pains rapidly change their locality and character. Symptoms rapidly alternate, thirst alternates with thirstlessness; hunger alternating with loss of appetite etc. Pains; are RADIATING, from one point, shooting outward or all over; sticking; burning-smarting, soreness. Numbness; insensible to extreme heat and cold. GURGLING or bubbling sensations. Mucous membranes become dry- mouth, vagina etc. Discharges or skin is dirty gray. Cold feeling in the bones, eyes, ears etc. Chest affected after operations-piles, fistula, 1 etc. Sees things in twilight.

Sensation as if the head were becoming larger. Cold temples. Vertigo, with attacks of fainting. Sensation as of a tight cap on head.

Eyes

Dry. As of a sand between the lids, and eyes. Eyes feel cold as from a cool wind, with lachrymation on closing the eyes. Quivering of the eyelids when reading. Eyes sunken; with dark- bluish circles around.

Ears

Stopped up feeling with pressure. Nodes on auricle. Tumour behind the ear. Sensation of coldness or bubbling in.

Nose

Dry. Crawling, itching in nostrils.

Face

Dirty grey, sickly. Bilious. Suppurating acne. Sensation as if cold drops were spurted into the face when going into the open air.

Neuralgia, under finger nails, with swelling of finger joints. Outer side of the thighs cold, ulcerative pain in heels. Pain in balls of feet on stepping. Intense weariness and lameness of legs after walking a short distance. Stitches between metatarsal bones as from a nail worse standing.

Fever

Chilly. Sensation of coldness in various parts as if spattered with cold water. Lower parts of the back, hips, thighs, warm. Everything excites sweat.

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A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.